ANTI-UNION TACTICS HEAT UP AT THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE, AMFELS INC.

Anti-Union Graffiti at Port of Brownsville

Labor organizers at the Port of Brownsville are pushing ahead with their plan to unionize Amfels Inc., providing higher wages, better job security and working conditions and health insurance.

Legally, 30% of workers must sign on to the union before a vote can be taken.  Initially, when Jason Medina of the Pipe Fitters Local 211, secured the signatures of 12 out of 16 pipefitters, Amfels responded by saying that 30% of the ENTIRE shop had to sign on before an election could be held.

Now, Medina, along with other organizers, have met the 30% threshold for all the various fields of work at the plant and an election to decide whether or not to go union is inevitable.

The National Labor Relations Board mandated the posting in conspicuous places of the two documents below explaining the rights of workers during this process.